40 mph man!?

This article has little to do with technology education but I had to write something about it since I am a track coach. You may have heard that the 100 meter dash world record was broken by a Jamaican who runs at about 27 miles per hour. A recent study found that humans could possible run up to 40 mph! The human body can produce the strength to travel at this speed, but the limiting factor is how fast our muscles can contract. Some training techniques do allow us to develop faster contractions, but it’s not enough. Maybe through some gene therapy or some sort of muscle shocking system the human body could travel at high speeds. Crazy!